M2.7 earthquake 184 km SSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 184 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Jul 21, 2025, 2:02 PM HADT (23:02 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 110 km SSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.097 · 14 stations
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000qsih (also filed as ak0259ag9m27). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:55 PM UTC.